Grain-harvester



(No Model.)

H. N. KENNEDY.

GRAIN HARVESTER.

No. 346,552. Patented Aug. 3, 1886.

@9m/Wim NITED STATES PATENT HERMAN N. KENNEDY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GRAlNf-HARVEST'EI?n SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,552, dated August 3, 1886.

Application filed October 19, 1885. Serial No. 180.258.

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN N. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Harvesters, which are fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention pertains to the structure of the lframe-work of aharvesting-machinc, and has for its purposeto secureincreased strength and rigidity and diminished weight.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of a portion of a harvester-frame containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the rear sill and the clips thereon, whereby the remainder of the frame is secured thereto. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of one of the corner clips of the frame.

A is the front sill, of tubular metal. the rear sill, of tubular metal.

B', B2, and 1B3 are trusses connecting the sills and composed of their arches Zi, b2, and b3, and their chords bm, b2, and bi, all formed of tubular metal.

C C are the outer and inner segn1ents,whieh are bolted to and form struts for the trusses B and B2, respectively.

D and D2, E and E2, F and F2 are junction-clips of cast metal, by means of which the arcs and chords of the trusses are secured to the sills A and A. Said junction-clips are provided, respectively, with the sockets d and d2, e and en, j" and f2, into which the tubular sills are received and bolted. Said clips have also the sockets (1 di ew lo f 10 f2, to receive the chords bm b2 b3", respectively, of the trusses B, B2, and B3, and the sockets d u d21 e e21 A is juf, to receive the ends of the arches b', b2,

and b3 of said trusses. The clips D D2 E E2 It" l?2 are preferably formed with the rifts X, through the shell or wall of their tubular sockets, since when thus constructed they can be clamped onto the tubular bars by the securing bolts more rrnly than if not thus rifted.

G is the finger-bar, which is securely bolted to a pendent flange or bracket, F1, properly shaped to receive it, and formed integral with the clip F.

G is a shoe tted to and bolted fast to the (No model.)

finger-bar G. It has the eye 7L, into which is hooked the brace m for the pole M, which is pivoted on a stud, e, formed upon the lug El", which is protruded forward from the clip E.

rIhe clip D and the shoe G have the sockets d and gm, respectively, to receive the ends of the upright supports for the elevated frame work and machinery.

J is a tubular frame, bent so that its ends may be inserted one in the socket d" and the other in the socket gw, and comprising the longer upright, J, the short upright J2, and the slant beam J 3, all integral. The rear outer clip, D?, has also an upright socket, d, and on the rear sill is bolted the clasp or bracket G2, having` horizontal socket g2 for the rear sill and the upright socket g2g, and in said socket-s d and g are secured the ends of the rear tubular frame, I, similar to the frame J, and having its slant beam I:1 parallel to the slant beam J3. To the front frame, J, is secured the front side board, L, of the elevator-frame L, the same being fastened by bolts through both the uprights and bolts through the slant beam, and to the rear frame, I, is in like manner secured the rear elevator side board, L. For further security the shoe G- has the iange g standing np in front of the board L', and secured thereto by the bolt g, and the sole or ledge g2", projecting inward and affording a rest or stop for the board L.

I claim- 1. In combination with the tubular bars and sills, the junetion-elips having the tubular sockets provided with the longitmlinal rift X, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the front and rear sills, the trusses having their chords and arches 'formed of tubular metal, each in a si ngle piece, and having thejunction-clips provided with sockets, into which the chords and arches, respectively, arc bolted, and with suitable means for rigidly securing the sills, substantially as set forth. v

3. In combination with the front sill, the clip D', havingthe Vertical soeket'dl2 and the shoe G, having the vertical socket gw, said clip and sh oe being both rigid with the sill, and the integral tubular frame J, having its ends se- TOO cured in said sockets, respectively, and com prisng the slant bar J3, substantially as set forth.

4. InV combination with the front and rear 5 sills rigidly connected, the clips D D G2, and

the shoe Gr, having, respectively, the vertical sockets d, d, g, and gu, the tubular frames I and J each integral and comprising the uprights and the slant bars, and having their ends secured in said sockets, respectively,and 1o the elevator side-boards secured to the frames I and J, respectively, substantially as set forth.

HERMAN N. KENNEDY. Witnesses:

J oHN B. KAsrARI, P. D. MIDDLEKAUFF. 

